[arch-general] Using <Shift> + F1 on XFCE
Good morning. I have an Arch Linux x86_64 installation on my laptop, and I use a couple of programs that requires me to use <Shift> + F1 to start a few functions, but every time I do that I'm dropped to the Virtual Console, and then I have to use <Ctrl> + <Alt> + F7 to get back to XFCE. It is not possible to change the shortcuts of the softwares I use, so I need to disable this feature in XFCE, but so far I haven't found anything on Google/Arch Wiki. Any ideas of how to do that? My system is: Arch x86_64 XFCE4 (started with startx, I don't use a login manager) Cheers, Vitor
On 28-02-2012 09:14, Vitor Garcia wrote:
Good morning.
I have an Arch Linux x86_64 installation on my laptop, and I use a couple of programs that requires me to use <Shift> + F1 to start a few functions, but every time I do that I'm dropped to the Virtual Console, and then I have to use <Ctrl> + <Alt> + F7 to get back to XFCE.
It is not possible to change the shortcuts of the softwares I use, so I need to disable this feature in XFCE, but so far I haven't found anything on Google/Arch Wiki.
Any ideas of how to do that?
My system is: Arch x86_64 XFCE4 (started with startx, I don't use a login manager)
Cheers, Vitor
<Shift> + F1 does nothing here, are you sure you didn't configure xfce or something else to use <Shift> + F1 to change to a virtual console? -- Mauro Santos
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:12:58 +0000 Mauro Santos <registo.mailling@gmail.com> wrote:
<Shift> + F1 does nothing here, are you sure you didn't configure xfce or something else to use <Shift> + F1 to change to a virtual console?
I have other 2 laptops and 3 workstations at the office, all of them with Arch Linux x86_64 + xfce4, and all of them behave the same way. If I hit <shift> + F1 it goes to the virtual console. I have installed them all from scratch (following to beginners guide), and I'm sure I haven't configured anything to do that. Could it have anything related to the NVIDIA proprietary driver? Regards, Vitor
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Vitor Garcia <vitorlopesgarcia@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:12:58 +0000 Mauro Santos <registo.mailling@gmail.com> wrote:
<Shift> + F1 does nothing here, are you sure you didn't configure xfce or something else to use <Shift> + F1 to change to a virtual console?
I have other 2 laptops and 3 workstations at the office, all of them with Arch Linux x86_64 + xfce4, and all of them behave the same way. If I hit <shift> + F1 it goes to the virtual console.
I have installed them all from scratch (following to beginners guide), and I'm sure I haven't configured anything to do that.
Could it have anything related to the NVIDIA proprietary driver?
I'm on a laptop with Arch Linux x86_64 + xfce4 and <shift>+F1 does nothing too. I don't have a Nvidia card. -- thiagoc "O povo não deveria temer o governo. O governo é quem deveria temer o povo." V de Vingança
El 28/02/12 15:32, Thiago Coutinho escribió:
I'm on a laptop with Arch Linux x86_64 + xfce4 and<shift>+F1 does nothing too. I don't have a Nvidia card.
Same here. Laptop with Arch x86_64 and XFCE. Nothing happens. $(Figue)
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Vitor Garcia <vitorlopesgarcia@gmail.com>wrote:
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:12:58 +0000 Mauro Santos <registo.mailling@gmail.com> wrote:
<Shift> + F1 does nothing here, are you sure you didn't configure xfce or something else to use <Shift> + F1 to change to a virtual console?
I have other 2 laptops and 3 workstations at the office, all of them with Arch Linux x86_64 + xfce4, and all of them behave the same way. If I hit <shift> + F1 it goes to the virtual console.
I have installed them all from scratch (following to beginners guide), and I'm sure I haven't configured anything to do that.
What keymap are you using? -- Cédric Girard
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:52:37 +0100 Cédric Girard <girard.cedric@gmail.com> wrote:
What keymap are you using?
Thanks for the clue. The keymap was the problem. I had a custom keyboard layout that had a few bugs. Using the default keymap solves the problem. Thanks for the help!
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Vitor Garcia wrote:
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:52:37 +0100 Cédric Girard wrote:
What keymap are you using?
Thanks for the clue. The keymap was the problem. I had a custom keyboard layout that had a few bugs. Using the default keymap solves the problem.
Thanks for the help!
You're welcome! -- Cédric Girard
Am Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:14:13 +0100 schrieb Vitor Garcia <vitorlopesgarcia@gmail.com>:
Any ideas of how to do that?
I can't reproduce this, too. But maybe you could check if you have set a keyboard shortcut to <Shift>+F1 in Xfce here: Settings -> Keyboard -> Application Shortcuts Settings -> Window Manager -> Keyboard Switching from X to a virtual console is usually done by <Ctrl>+<Alt>+F1. So maybe you or an application has changed this setting somehow. Heiko
On 28-02-2012 15:04, Heiko Baums wrote:
Am Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:14:13 +0100 schrieb Vitor Garcia <vitorlopesgarcia@gmail.com>:
Any ideas of how to do that?
I can't reproduce this, too.
But maybe you could check if you have set a keyboard shortcut to <Shift>+F1 in Xfce here:
Settings -> Keyboard -> Application Shortcuts Settings -> Window Manager -> Keyboard
Switching from X to a virtual console is usually done by <Ctrl>+<Alt>+F1. So maybe you or an application has changed this setting somehow.
Heiko
This is a long shot but, might a login manager be responsible for that? Here I'm not using any login manager. -- Mauro Santos
Am 28.02.2012 10:14, schrieb Vitor Garcia:
Good morning.
I have an Arch Linux x86_64 installation on my laptop, and I use a couple of programs that requires me to use <Shift> + F1 to start a few functions, but every time I do that I'm dropped to the Virtual Console, and then I have to use <Ctrl> + <Alt> + F7 to get back to XFCE.
It is not possible to change the shortcuts of the softwares I use, so I need to disable this feature in XFCE, but so far I haven't found anything on Google/Arch Wiki.
Any ideas of how to do that?
Without knowing the cause of this undefined behaviour, you could be able to work around it by disabling VT switching via keyboard in the X server. Create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-disable-vtswitch.conf with the following contents: Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontVTSwitch" EndSection You can still switch VTs by running 'chvt 1' as root.
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Cédric Girard
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Figue
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Heiko Baums
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Mauro Santos
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Thiago Coutinho
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Thomas Bächler
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Vitor Garcia